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Furnace Creek Diversion Into Gower Gulch - DeathValleyDazed - 2022-03-10
Somewhere in this forum we recently discussed the erosion happening between Highway 190 and upper Gower Gulch next to the Zabriskie Point parking lot. Mojave Geek brought this topic up if I remember correctly. During my recent DEVA trip 2-28 to 3-8-2022 I stopped by the location and created this video study of the area.
In 1941 stream flow down The Furnace Creek Wash was diverted into The Gower Gulch to prevent frequent damaging flooding downstream a few miles to The Death Valley Inn (renamed to The Inn at Death Valley) and to washouts of Highway 190. This March 2022 video is a review of the erosion prevention works and new flood paths through Gower Gulch to its mouth emptying into the Death Valley floor.
RE: Furnace Creek Diversion Into Gower Gulch - DeathValleyDazed - 2022-03-13
Someone over at r/DeathValleyNP mentioned a Gower Gulch Mall in Hollywood, CA which I had never heard of so I googled it and came up with these fascinating stories and images about the Gulch I did not know was so famous.
https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/how-a-cowboy-standoff-gave-hollywoods-gower-gulch-its-name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gower_Gulch
And her is how the Gulch in DEVA got its name:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gower_Gulch_(Death_Valley)